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Spanish Real Estate Market Outlook 2025

Strong Demand and Limited Supply Spain’s real estate market in 2024-2025 shows strong demand and limited supply. Home prices are rising, especially for new-builds. This trend has prompted upward revisions in market forecasts. Housing Demand Trends After peaking in 2022 with 650,000 home sales, transactions dropped by 10% in 2023 due to higher interest rates. Despite this, sales stabilized in 2024 at 578,000—still above pre-pandemic levels. New home sales grew by 7.7%, while existing home sales declined. Domestic buyers for primary residences increased by 8.6%. Foreign demand remained steady, showing robust international interest. The 2025 demand outlook remains positive. Job

December 12, 2024 No Comments

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Asia-Pacific Leads in Real Estate Transparency Advancements

The 2024 Global Real Estate Transparency Index by JLL highlights major progress in transparency, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Transparency is now a key focus for investors, occupiers, and governments navigating global challenges like geopolitical tensions and sustainability goals. Top Performers in Global Transparency The UK remains the global leader in transparency, followed by France, the US, Australia, and Canada. Notably, Singapore has joined the “Highly Transparent” group, ranking 13th. This reflects its growing emphasis on sustainability and digital services. Malaysia, at 33rd, remains in the “Transparent” group, with its logistics and industrial sectors gaining prominence. Emerging markets, including Indonesia,

December 6, 2024 No Comments

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Will Home Prices Drop in 2025?

The 2024 housing market has been challenging, with high mortgage rates and limited inventory making it tough for buyers. While a housing crash is unlikely, experts predict conditions will improve, making home buying easier in the near future. 2024 Housing Market Overview In early 2024, home prices reached new highs, and mortgage rates stayed near 20-year peaks, leading to lower demand. However, mortgage rates dropped over the summer, before rising again to 6.24% in October. Prices also saw a 2.7% increase, averaging $359,892 in September. Experts expect mortgage rates to ease and price growth to moderate in 2025. Why Are

December 5, 2024 No Comments

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Shanghai’s Pre-Owned Home Sales Surge Amid Government Support

Shanghai’s pre-owned home sales have surged, surpassing 1,000 units in a single day for the first time in four months. On October 15, 1,334 second-hand properties were sold, marking a significant rebound in the market. This recovery is largely attributed to the supportive real estate policies introduced by the Chinese central government in late September. The revival follows key measures announced by Pan Gongsheng, governor of China’s central bank, on September 24. These policies include a 50-basis-point reduction in mortgage rates, bringing them closer to new loan levels, and lowering the minimum down payment for second homes from 25% to

October 16, 2024 No Comments

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Investing In Whisky Casks: How to Pull Huge Profits

If you’re new to whisky, you may be wondering what to do in order to gain huge profits from your investment. It is necessary to ensure our investment to fly as quickly as your favorite drink and not the other way around. In order to help investors make sense of the world of whisky cask investment, here are important questions you need to know. How To Ensure You Don’t Overpay? In all honesty, a lot of variety exists. We have tasted and priced barrels just a hundred meters apart while utilizing the same rye, water, salt, air, etc. No two

February 27, 2024 No Comments

Singapore office market poised for recovery

In Singapore’s dynamic real estate landscape, promising signs of resurgence are emerging, particularly within the leasing domain for Grade-A office spaces. This positive momentum serves as a testament to the rebound witnessed in this segment of the property market, as underscored by the latest insights gleaned from CBRE Research. Amidst the evolving market dynamics, several factors have contributed to the surge in demand for Grade-A office spaces. Notably, corporate entities are seizing the opportunity presented by declining rents to upgrade their office premises, aligning with evolving operational needs and strategic objectives. Industries such as financial and asset management firms, technology

February 14, 2024 No Comments